Greek English Dictionary

ελληνικά - English

φτερό in English:

1. feather feather


Making such a large sale is a feather in the salesman's cap.
Tom suffocated Mary with a feather pillow.
Peacocks have beautiful feathers.
Birds of a feather flock together.
Fine feathers make fine birds
What's the difference between erotic and kinky? "Erotic is when you use a feather and kinky is when you use a whole chicken."
Giving such large contributions to charities made him feel that he had a feather in his cap.
Winning the Grand Prix was a feather in the cap of the famous drivers.
Tickle her nose with a feather while she's sleeping and see if she wakes up.
I felt light as a feather.
A bird without feathers.
Zazu flaffed his feathers.
They cleaned the oil off the seagull’s feathers.
I found a peculiar feather in the park.
Rather than coming to resemble each other, it feels like they are birds of a feather.

English word "φτερό"(feather) occurs in sets:

Notes 12/01/2018

2. wing wing


She took me under her wing and taught me everything she knows.
The wing got badly damaged in the car crash.
Birds have wings
Don't worry about giving a speech at the wedding; you can just wing it when you get there.
In order to conquer the centre, we'll have to alienate the left wing of the party.
Since I don't know what questions I'll be asked, I'll have to wing it at my presentation.
We don't have time to finish the job properly; we're just going to have to wing it.
When I eat a chicken I always take one wing.
a left-wing party, a right-wing party
Do you like spicy chicken wings?
Let's wing to New York. It's gonna be faster.
The entire left-wing spectrum in the European Parliament voted for the alternative resolution.
My family lived next to an airport, so we saw planes winging very often
the east wing of the library, ducks flapping their wings
The result of the census led the left wing to believe that their policy was wrong.